Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told Sputnik that he plans to attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

"I will definitely go to Sochi, and I was invited to SPIEF, I think I will go there," Szijjarto said.

Szijjarto told Sputnik that he would attend the upcoming 2024 Atomexpo International Forum, which would take place in Russia’s Sochi from March 25-26. SPIEF 2024 will be held from June 5-8 in Russia's St. Petersburg.

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The conditions for organizing a meeting between Orbán and Zelensky are not ripe yet, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told Sputnik.

In January, he said that the meeting would make sense if the Ukrainian side fulfills all Budapest's requirements regarding the Hungarian national minority in Transcarpathia.

Last December, Orban and Zelensky bumped into each other in Buenos Aires at Miley's inauguration, but Orban later said it could not be called a meeting because he and Zelensky only sat together on a balcony and exchanged a few words.

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Palestinian FM Riyadh al-Maliki told Sputnik that he hopes to reach an agreement between Hamas and Israel on a ceasefire before the beginning of the month of Ramadan.

"...This is something that is actually being carried out by the US, Qatar, Egypt and Israel. We are crossing our fingers for success because it is very important for us to reach an agreement before the beginning of the month of Ramadan so that we can start it without casualties, without killings," al-Maliki said.

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Crew Dragon with an international team including Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin was launched to the ISS.

Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin and US astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Janette Epps are traveling aboard the spacecraft. The team is scheduled to remain in orbit for about six months.

The launch was supposed to take place in February, but was postponed several times, with the latest launch attempt canceled the day before due to adverse weather conditions.

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'Far superior to existing tanks'

Russia's newest T-14 Armata tank is in service with the Russian Army, Director General of the Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov confirmed to Sputnik.
The Armata is far superior to existing tanks in terms of its characteristics, he noted.

Check out Armata's key advantages:

▪️ The T-14 Armata is a next-generation main battle tank designed to replace the T-72 and T-90 main battle tanks that currently form the core of Russia's tank arsenal.

▪️ The 48-ton tank is armed with a 125 mm smoothbore 2А82-1М cannon capable of firing both high-explosive and anti-tank rounds.

▪️ The armament also includes a 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun for dealing with enemy infantry and a 12.7 mm remote-controlled anti-aircraft machine gun capable of engaging airborne targets at a range of up to 1.5 km.

▪️ The tank boasts formidable defensive capabilities, including multi-layer composite armor that can withstand hits from 152 mm guided anti-tank missiles and 125 mm armor-piercing sabot rounds.

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▪️ WATCH: US Abrams tank destroyed near Avdeyevka by Russian FPV drone

▪️ Why have Russian soldiers asked Biden to send more tanks to Ukraine?

▪️ Sudan refutes a WSJ report which claims Iran asked Khartoum’s permission to build a naval base in the country

▪️ Will the holy month of Ramadan bring peace to Gaza?

▪️ Crew Dragon with an international team including Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin launched to the ISS

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✈️ A Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber crew destroys a cluster of enemy troops and strongholds near Krasny Liman

A Russian Air Force Su-34 crew launched a strike with FAB-500 high-explosive aerial bombs. Having received confirmation from reconnaissance that the targets were destroyed, the pilots returned safely to the airfield of their departure.

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❗️ Germany’s ambassador has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. This comes on the heels of the publication of an intercepted conversation between Bundeswehr officers discussing an attack on the Crimean Bridge with long-range Taurus cruise missiles.

Russia may ‘track & target’ SCALP, Storm Shadow deliveries to Ukraine – UK media

The UK and Germany fear that Russian intelligence will now be able “to track and locate, potentially targeting,” deliveries of SCALP and Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine, The Times has reported.

Germany’s NATO allies are worried that aid to the Kiev regime may have been compromised by the intercepted Bundeswehr war talks.

After analyzing the conversation involving four senior German military officers that was released by Russia, the publication voiced alarm over the revealed “operational and targeting details” pertaining to the deployment of British Storm Shadow missiles sent to Kiev.

Another matter that has left the publication rattled is that the leak confirmed the UK military is deployed in Ukraine. The intercepted call mentioned the use of British “people on the ground” in potentially helping Germany deploy Taurus cruise missiles in Ukraine.

Overall, the security breach, described as a “blunder,” is bound to “alarm other NATO allies,” the publication underscored.

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📹 Journalists "attacked" the German ambassador at the entrance of the Russian Foreign Ministry while he was trying to figure out where the entrance was

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🇷🇺 Latest statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️ The content of the published conversation between the German officers emphasizes the direct involvement of the West in the conflict over Ukraine.

▪️ Peskov after the publication of German officers' conversation about the Crimean Bridge: If this is part of state policy, then it is very bad.

▪️ The Kremlin expects to learn the results of the promised investigation by Olaf Scholz after the publication of the German officers' conversation.

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❗️ Russia systematically monitors and documents Ukraine's use of chemical poisoning agents in the zone of the special military operation, the Industry and Trade Ministry has said.

Western countries are the developers and suppliers of military poisons for Kiev.

Moscow will raise the issue of Kiev's systematic use of chemicals on March 5 at a session of the OPCW executive council, the ministry said.

📹 The audience is packed ahead of Russian Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev's speech at the Russian Znanie Society’s educational marathon

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❗️ WATCH LIVE: Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the Russian Znanie Society’s educational marathon

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❗️ De-Nazification in Germany has not been completed, and if the Germans do not change the situation, then the consequences for Germany will be terrible, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, commenting on the intercepted conversation between German officers

Russia does not need other people's land, but it will not give up its own

Main statements of Dmitry Medvedev's speech at the Russian Znanie Society’s educational marathon:

▪️ We are building the future of our country, which is today fulfilling a special, fateful mission in the global world, and there is no doubt that it will be fulfilled;

▪️ It is important to realize where and how Russia's borders are delineated in our time and what they may be in the future;

▪️ The territories on both banks of the Dnepr River are an integral part of Russia's historical strategic borders;

▪️ We are not talking about expanding the borders of the Russian Federation by seizing the territory of Ukraine;

▪️ If Ukraine had not fallen into the stupid trap set by the US to fight Russia, everything could have been different;

▪️ A country's security can be effectively ensured only when it is confident of stability far beyond its perimeter.

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📹 Dmitry Medvedev spoke about his dialog with Barack Obama

"When the Arab Spring started, when the difficulties with Syria started, I asked: 'Just imagine if you displace the political regime and the people who are ruling the country, what's next?' His answer struck me to the core, I think he was sincere. He said: 'I don't know, we don't think that far ahead,'" he said.

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